BET To Cancel Rap City!

According to livesteez.com, BET executives plan to pull the plug on the long-standing rap show that has been a mainstay on BET for years-- since 1989 to be exact. Apparently, the show has been suffering from bad ratings for the last 3 years (since "Big Tigger's" departure). Check it out:

Originally hosted by "The Mayor of Rap City" Chris Thomas for its first several years, Rap City’s "golden age" was 1994-1999, when the program was hosted by the colorful and knowledgeable duo of Joe Clair and Leslie Segar AKA Big Lez. In 1999, the two hour slot was repackaged as Rap City: Tha Basement and christened with new host Big Tigger. Tigger’s run birthed the popular Freestyle Booth session, where MCs would feature their best rhymes or freestyles following their interviews. After completing their verses, many times with Tigger joining in, the MC(s) would traditionally sign the booth’s wall. These freestyle sessions produced memorable performances from artists such as Ludacris, The Roots, Killer Mike, Chamillionaire, Jay-Z, Jadakiss, Obie Trice, Xzibit, Cassidy and numerous others. Since Tigger’s 2005 departure, the show failed to establish a concise direction, running through a myriad of hosts and focusing on commercial artists, which failed to showcase Hip-Hop’s diverse talent pool as done years before. Consequently, the show was reduced to a one hour time slot as ratings suffered.
The final Rap City episode will air on October 29, making it the longest running Hip-Hop program at 19 years.

Hmmmmm. Sad. Rap City, you will be missed.